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This is not recommended as an easy way to fix problems, especially common ones. Only create a Clean Machine as a last resort, and only if you want to remove all Oracle products from your system. Complete the following steps to create a Clean Machine. The following Clean Machine instructions assume an OFA (Optimal Flexible Architecture) structure.

On Windows NT:1. Ensure you are logged in as a user with Administrator privileges. 2. Using regedit (at the command prompt, type regedit), go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ORACLE and delete the ORACLE key. 3. Delete HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\odbc. 4 Open HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services, and remove all keys under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services that begin with ORACLE. 5. Open HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\EventLog\Application, and remove all keys under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\EventLog\Application that begin with ORACLE. 6. Close regedit. 7. From the Control Panel, open System. 8. If JRE was installed by Oracle, remove the %ORACLE_HOME%\BIN path and the JRE path. For example, you may see a path similar to this one: C: \ORACLE\ORA81\BIN;G: \Program Files\Oracle\jre\1.1.7\bin. Go to Start > Control Panel > System > Environment tab. Click on the system variable path and modify the path. 9. Delete Icons from <system_drive>: \Winnt\Profiles\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Oracle - <HOME> and <system_drive>: \Winnt\Profiles\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Oracle Installation Products. Where <HOME> is the previous HOME name. 10. Delete <system_drive>: \Program Files\Oracle (from the Windows NT Explorer or from the command prompt). 2. Delete all ORACLE_BASE directories (You can find the Oracle homes listed in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ORACLE\ORACLE_HOMES).Also See my hot new discussion named: ORACLE INSTALL/REMOVE(ANY)

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